If Joey Kobayashi experiences diminishing marginal utility from eating hot dogs then
A) the marginal utility from the next hot dog Joey eats will be negative.
B) Joey is maximizing the marginal utility per dollar he receives from eating hot dogs.
C) the additional satisfaction he receives from eating another hot dog will be less then the satisfaction he received from his eating his last hot dog.
D) his total utility from eating hot dogs is negative.
C
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A) -$300. B) $300 billion. C) $600 billion. D) $900 billion.
In the above figure, the relationship between the tax rate and tax revenue is positive and becoming less steep between tax rates of
A) 0 percent and 30 percent. B) 30 percent and 100 percent. C) 0 percent and 100 percent. D) None of the above answers are correct.
The above figure shows the market for pizza. Which figure shows the effect of a decrease in the price of a hamburger, which for consumers is a substitute for pizza?
A) Figure A B) Figure B C) Figure D D) Figures B and C
The firms in a perfectly competitive are making an economic profit when new firms enter. The entry shifts the short-run market supply curve ________, the market price ________, and each firm's economic profit ________
A) leftward; rises; decreases B) rightward; rises; increases C) rightward; falls; decreases D) leftward; falls; decreases